Cryotherapy can help you recover from sports injuries quicker.

The science surrounding sports injuries has changed a great deal over the past couple of decades. Back in the day, if you tore your ACL, your career was done. They simply didn’t know how to repair ligaments like the ACL and … Continue reading →

The science surrounding sports injuries has changed a great deal over the past couple of decades. Back in the day, if you tore your ACL, your career was done. They simply didn’t know how to repair ligaments like the ACL and make them as good as new. Of course, today that’s no problem. While some athletes with ACL tears will see their careers end, the vast majority of them are back on the field or court within about ten to twelve months. In many cases, the athlete won’t even look like he or she has slowed down, and they’ll be essentially the same athlete they were before the injury. Of course, it’s not only the surgery that’s better these days, but it’s also the recovery. Doctors know a great deal more today about the human body than they ever have before, which means they know how to advise athletes on how best to recover from their injury. They send them to physical trainers, they have the athletes use ice and heat to keep the swelling down, and they can show athletes how to train their bodies, how to stretch, and what to eat to prevent further injury down the road. Simply put, there’s never been a better time to be an athlete than today, and that’s not even getting into how much money these athletes make now.

There’s one new treatment out there for sports injuries that we haven’t talked about yet, and that’s cryotherapy. In case you’re not familiar with it, cryotherapy is a treatment whereby an athlete enters a chamber that pumps incredibly cold air through and onto their body. These things can be well over one hundred degrees below Fahrenheit, which means you can’t stay in them very long. Of course, that’s no problem, because it doesn’t take long for this cold air to do it’s thing. The cold air cools the body so much that the body sends all of the blood to the organs to keep them protected. This helps to oxygenate the blood and bring nutrients to the organs it’s keeping warm, which means the red blood cells in the body get pumped full of oxygen, nutrients, and enzymes. Once the person steps out, the blood rushes back to the rest of their body, bringing the body’s toxins with it and removing them through the skin. On top of this, the person feels a great sense of calm and euphoria, a side effect of being warmed up again.

Cryotherapy like that at Kryozen is an excellent way to treat sports injuries. Think of it like the bathtubs of ice that some athletes use, only the temperature is much colder which means the effects are even better. It not only helps to reduce swelling and inflammation in the area of the injury, but because the blood is oxygenated, it helps to heal the injury as well. There truly isn’t a better way for athletes to recover from sports injuries than to step into a cryotherapy chamber.

Talking About Cannabis Marijuana

Welcome to ‘Talking About Cannabis’! This is the support and information-sharing website for everyone whose lives have been affected by cannabis abuse.Welcome to ‘Talking About Cannabis’! This is the support and information-sharing website for everyone whose lives have been affected by cannabis abuse.I am a freelance writer, living in London, UK, with my husband. We have three boys who are now 20, 17 and 14. Our eldest son, William, began smoking cannabis as a teenager, with school friends. He was around 14 then, and by 16 was suffering severe personality changes – and as a family we were reeling, and three years later we are still in the mire. We were confused for a long time, not knowing whether what was happening to him was as a result of normal adolescent changes or something more insidious. You can read more by clicking ‘My Story’ below. Read our son’s view of cannabis too.The TAC Blog is updated regularly. Read the entries and post comments HERE.We have started a new experiences page for 2008.Click this link to viewGreat news! You may have seen headlines – the Home Secretary is planning to reclassify cannabis back to Class B, after the ACMD review in the Spring, irrespective of that body’s advice and findings it would appear. This is a huge victory for parents across the country, many of whom have been working hard for this to happen. Thanks to everyone who signed our petition on this web-site, I would like to feel that our views expressed there have been listened to by Mr Brown who has yet to get back to us, but I am personally delighted with this news. Our campaign continues though – this is just the beginning! See the link to the story:www.timesonline.co.uk. See also the Readers’ Views page in the Evening Standard today, which has a comment from me as Chair of TAC. Click here to read.

Wednesday January 16 2008Good News. I received an invitation today to give personal evidence to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) – Cannabis review meeting on Feb 5. As part of this review, the ACMD invites members of the public to its cannabis review meeting on 5 February 2008. The day will comprise presentations from experts and stakeholders in relation to cannabis use, and TAC will be there giving personal representation as a voice for all parents who are struggling with cannabis- addicted young people in their families. As such let us know your views of what should be included in our presentation and we will do our best to include it. At the end of the day will be an open forum for members of the public. An agenda will be made available in due course. Attendance is FREE but by registration only as places are limited. Placeswill be issued on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. To attend, you need to complete the registration form and email to ACMD@homeoffice.gsi.gov.ukContact: ACMD Secretariat3rd Floor (SW Quarter)Seacole Building2 Marsham StreetLondon SW1P 4DFTAC has submitted written evidence to the Committee already. Click here to read ——–Diaries updated 24 December 2007. Click HERE to read——–Sign up to our campaign group!Please sign up now to show your support of the Action Group. This list will then be sent to government as part of our lobby campaign. Click here for more information We have felt very alone over the past few years, but I know that there are millions of people worldwide who are struggling with family members who are using cannabis and that is what this site is all about. Some of the things we include on the site:

Information on cannabis – it’s not the stuff you smoked at college – it’s generally ‘skunk’ that is sold now, which is significantly stronger, and blows the circuits of young brains in particular, leading to very serious consequences for mental health.

Support for parents of teenagers who are smoking weed. We believe most parents try to cope alone with the problem in their family. Many are in crisis, not knowing where to turn. There is virtually no help for families of cannabis abusers, a good GP is the best you can hope for. Priority for resources is given to Class A drugs. A support network is urgently needed. Don’t struggle on alone, because you don’t have to! Join our mailing list, so we can keep you up to date, and download ‘Tips for Parents of weed-smoking teenagers’. You can get in touch with other parents through this site., or just simply share your experiences here. Maybe you’d like to set up a support group in your area? Let’s get things moving to help each other!Click HERE to go to the Support Group Co-ordinators page.Click HERE if you would like to contact us about helping to set up a support group in your area.

A chance for you to tell us your story – we’d love you to share your experiences with us. Your story could really help others, personal stories are very powerful healing tools. More often than not just writing about what’s going helps in itself – try it. You can also read the stories others have sent us.

Details of what is being done about the problem of cannabis abuse, especially among vulnerable children and teenagers. The drug was reclassified in the UK in 2004, becoming a Class C drug, putting it in the same category as anti-depressants and steroids. Many young people believe that cannabis is now legal, and harmless. It’s not! And it’s in every secondary school in the country, so no one can be complacent . It’s cheap (prices are falling) and easily accessible. Teenagers who smoke weed double their chances of developing schizophrenia, and many will develop psychosis with increased risk of suicide. The facts are these: Cannabis is extremely dangerous to children and teenagers in particular and can make them very ill indeed. What can we do collectively to change things? Let’s see!

We have now set up the Talking About Cannabis Action Group to lobby the government to put in place the ‘massive health education campaign’ promised by Charles Clarke at the time of reclassification, which never materialised. For more details click on ‘Campaign Group’ above.